Adaptive Capacity: How Organizations Can Thrive in a Changing World

In today's business world, change of many kinds ? technological, economic, social and environmental ? is outpacing the ability of organisations to predict it and manage it. As a result, the single most important capacity any company can develop is the power to adapt to change, and to do so rapidly, intelligently and effectively. In this new paperback edition of Adaptive Capacity, a business consultant and acclaimed professor offers a compelling analysis of the adaptive challenge. Through vivid examples involving organisations ranging from HP and Google to Telefonica and the US Marines, Eichholz provides a set of practical tools and ideas any leader can begin using immediately to succeed in a changing world. AUTHOR: Juan Carlos Eichholz is the founder and principal of CLA Consulting. He is also a professor at the Business School of Adolfo Ibáñez University and the founding director of the Adaptive Leadership Center. SELLING POINTS: . The five crucial dimensions that companies must improve in order to succeed in today's disrupted world . A highly relevant book for all managers and companies seeking to thrive in a changing and challenging world . "Enables leaders to ask and answer the right questions that surmount change... a well written, timely and superb book" ? Dave Ulrich, management guru . Practical and accessible ? contains detailed case studies and expert observations . Updated paperback edition